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September 2, 2002, Chandigarh, India
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HAMARA SCHOOL
Shivalik Public School is one of the most prominent educational institutions of Chandigarh. The school has rendered noteworthy service to the student community in academic, sports and socio-cultural spheres. It is an English medium, residential and co-educational school which strives to develop the various facets of a child's personality through quality education. Run by the Shivalik Educational Society, the motto of Shivalik Public School "Victory With Determination" sets before its scholars an ideal of positive thinking leading to success. Established with the chief aim of imparting education to ensure all-round development of personality, the school started in 1970 from a residential bungalow in Sector 9. The school shifted to its present site in 1981 and was upgraded to senior secondary level in 1986. It now has as many as three branches at S.A.S. Nagar, Patiala and Nawanshahar. The main school building in Sector 41, spread in 30000 sq yards, has a student strength of 2400 while it has 75 staff members on its rolls. Credited with a unique architectural design, the school boasts of four independent octagonal blocks, an independent Administrative block, conference hall, and a state-of-art auditorium in the basement. Computer-savvy in curriculum, the school aim of computer-aided teaching is to make optimum use of information technology, the visual clips facilitating conceptual clarity, increased inter-activity and easing content assimilation. While a lot of stress is laid on academics, co-curricular activities, sports, NSS and NCC form an integral part of the curriculum, compulsory for every child. With an NSS unit of 100 volunteers, the school was also allotted with an Air Wing Unit in 1997. Equipped to cater to all tastes in sports, the school has a set of well-qualified coaches for hockey, volleyball, basketball, ball-badminton and athletics. The school had indoor and outdoor games like cricket, football, table-tennis, badminton. The Principal, Mr DS Bedi, is very proud of the fact that the school's hockey team has been representing Chandigarh in Nehru Junior Hockey Tournament for the last four years. Gaganpreet Singh and Rajpal Singh, members of World Cup Junior Hockey Tournament, of 2001, among others who have also made their name in the game. |
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‘Striving
for perfection is my hallmark...’ He strives for perfection in anything he undertakes and when the subject is as important as churning out citizens of tomorrow, he leaves no stone unturned in giving it his best shot. The Director-Principal of Shivalik Public School, Mr DS Bedi, is neck-deep in experimenting with new ideas from dawn to dusk and has involved his entire family in the passion that makes him tick. On essence and aim of education
On role of teacher in shaping a child's personality
On handling the child in the formative years
On emphasis on co-curricular activities
On future plans of the school
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What is education? A parcel of books? Not at all, but interaction with the world, with men and with affairs. By life building, man-making, character developing, assimilating ideas and making them your life and character, one has more education than any man who has learnt a whole library by heart. My school being an apostle of learning embodies these values which enable every student to face the test of time with courage and determination. Being a Shivalikan, I believe my school stands for all this and all students hold it in high esteem. We are proud to be a part of it. — Suchreet, Class XI-NM Poems by students Life Under Militia We live like beasts in our native land, Nature has offered us nothing but sand, Residing in a territory full of strife, Do you call this the way of life? We live like beggars in our native land, Eat food provided by foreign hand; Though hungry and shelterless, we are alive, Do you call this the way of life? We live like prisoners in our native land, Scourged with decades of war, unplanned, The youth is compelled to accept the knife, Do you call this the way of life? Surely, we also want to live like citizens, To call ourselves our nation's denizens; We continue living with utmost caution, Rebel, we cannot, after oppressive exhaustion. Anticipating support for life's continuity, We look forward to the World Community. — Harmeet Singh, Class X-M My India Bombay for beauty, Delhi for mystery, Madras for cooking, Kashmir for looking, Kerala for dance, Mysore for romance, Punjab for farming, Maharashtra for writing, Himachal for pines, MP for mines, Rajasthan for sand, UP for band, Andhra for water, Gujarat for potter, Goa for sun, Bengal for fun, India is moulded Protected and guarded By factors such as these We are proud to profess That we are Indians united. — Suldti Jindal,
Class IV-SS Rain Rain, rain come again, Come in cities to bring water, Come in villages, To grow the grains. Come to my house To water my garden and to play water games. Rain, rain come again. —Remanpreet Singh |
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Saboo award
for 4 city school teachers Chandigarh, September 1 Ms S. Khorana, Principal, Shishu Niketan Model School, Sector 22, Chandigarh, has been selected for the Excellence Award for Lifetime Achievement; Ms Anuradha of the Institute for Blind, Sector 26, Chandigarh, won the award for Excellence Award for School Teaching; the Excellence Award for Teaching in Slums/Rural Areas went to Mr Sartul Singh of Government High School, Kaimbwala village and the Excellence Award for Young Teachers has gone to Mr Koushik Sinha of Mount Carmel School, Sector 47-B. According to Mr R.K. Saboo, trustee chairman of the Jan Seva Trust, which has instituted these awards, the jury selected four awardees for the year out of nominations received from teachers of various schools in the city. The Jan Seva Trust of the Saboo family instituted the awards for school teachers of Chandigarh early this year to recognise their contribution to society. The Lifetime Achievement Award carries a citation and a cash award of Rs 50,000. The other three awards carry citations and cash award of Rs 20,000 each. The award function will be held later this month. The jury comprised Ms Vibha Parthasarathy, Immediate Past Chairman of the National Commission for Women and former Principal of Sardar Patel Vidyalaya, New Delhi; Ms Anuradha Gupta, IAS; Mr Hari Jaisingh, Editor, The Tribune; and Mr J. Veeraraghavan, retired secretary, Government of India and currently director, Delhi Kendra of Bhavan
Vidyalaya. |
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Teachers’ Day celebrated Chandigarh, September 1 The celebrations gave the teachers a chance to take to the stage, display their talents and outwit each other in a question-answer session which generated tremendous excitement and enthusiasm. The teachers were in for a surprise as the chief guest, Mr Yograj Singh, former cricketer, chose to honour the best dressed teacher attired in a green and white combination. To add to the fun, the Rodrigues’ gave a special presentation. Slogan-writing contests saw the teachers at their innovative best and most of them went back with rings, mementoes and furniture items. The award for the Oldest Teacher was won by 90-year-old Brother Merridith of St John’s while Ms S. Paul recalled the conversation between Rakesh Shama, the first Indian in space, and the then Prime Minister, Ms Indira Gandhi, to win the award. Other winners included Mr BS sohal of Shimla Public School, SAS Nagar and Ms Poonam Sahi of Indian Public School of Kharar. Earlier, a portrait of Dr S. Radhakrishnan was garlanded by Mr anand Kumar, Regional Manager of ICICI Bank. The programme was organised by Dolphin n’ Dolphin of SAS Nagar. |
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PMT topper honoured Chandigarh, September 1 Ankur, who hails from Patiala, did his schooling from St Peter’s Academy, Patiala. He said he was advised by his seniors to take coaching from the institute. He accredited the institute for turning him from an average student to topper. He said test boosters and papers helped him solve different types of questions in shortest possible duration. Mr N.K. Mittal, Director of the institute, said their real strength laid in experienced and qualified staff. Mr Mittal
also presented Ankur with a cheque for Rs 21,000 for his outstanding performance. |
Raman is back with new venture Chandigarh, September 1 “The story though set in a plot of Indo-Pak
situation, has an universal appeal because everywhere it is the same
story where prisoners of war are concerned,” says Raman Kumar, who
is in city to survey the places before his unit arrives to do the
shootings in and around Chandigarh. However, it is not just the
locales Chandigarh is offering to Raman Kumar’s film, even the story
writer is our own Vijay Tandon, writer director of award-winning
Punjabi film ‘Kachchehri’ who for the first time has ventured into
the Hindi film world. Raman Kumar who took a long leave from the
filmdom to establish his own television company is totally into the
film scenario. ‘Sarhad Paar’ with a multi-starring cast like
Sanjay Dutt, Tabu, Mahima Chaudhury and Chandrachur Singh though
occupying Raman’s major attention at present, two other projects are
also in the offing — one is a comedy ‘Raja Bhaiya’ starring
Govinda and another ‘Bah Bah Ramji’ with Paresh Rawal in the lead
character and Amar Upadhaya of ‘Saas Bhi kabhi Bahu Thi’ fame and
Rima Sen in the romantic lead. Talking about his long stint with
the tele world Raman says: “With the serial ‘Tara’, I
established my own television company but now the company has matured
and well oiled to run on its own, I have come back to the films once
again,” Looking at the producers enthusiasm for historical subjects,
Raman has chosen his subject well, a touch heroism, a cruel war all
wrapped up in a humanitarian set up. Ask this soft-spoken man about
his expectations from this film, Raman suddenly transforms from the
shy looking man into the director, oozing with confidence. “We
expect this movie to be a superhit,” he says without any hesitation.
“The subject matter is good, treated with sensitivity with good star
cast. What is more Sanjay Dutt looks good with his sporting beard and
turban,” he adds. Raman who gave sensible movies like ‘Saath
Saath’, ‘Parbat Ke Us Paar’ and also superhits ‘masala’
movies like ‘Sanam Teri Kasam’ in the early phase of his career,
has also been doing equally well in the small screen . His first
serial ‘Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi’ a comedy was quite a hit, a trend
which was later followed by his mega serials like ‘Tara’ and ‘Sansar’.
“I have always steered clear from the regular subjects which perhaps
the reason for giving a degree of freshness to all my projects,” he
says. “Like in ‘Sansar’, I picked up the NRI issue which was
untouched so far,” he adds. The audience will soon sample Raman’s
sensitivity as a writer. The director has recently come up with a
script on the problems of Kashmiri Pandits. “The subject was close
to my heart so I wrote the script myself,” he says. The movie is on
the make, but interestingly Raman will not be directing it. “The
film is being directed by Ashok Pandit,” he adds. |
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Bollywood
stars shine in sleepy village Chandigarh, September 1 The amazement of the villagers soon turned into awe as actress Tabu and actor Rakesh Bedi materialised in the scene. The scenes which were shot today revolved around the aggrieved wife (played by Tabu) of Sanjay Dutt who is a prisoner of war locked somewhere in Pakistan Jail and Rakesh Bedi, the owner of a private call centre, who acts as an informer, passing on messages between Sanjay Dutt and the Indian Army. Sanjay Dutt whose shooting is not scheduled for another two or three days is yet to join the group. Tabu who arrived late for the shooting due to rain could not spare time for an interview. Clad in a yellow Punjabi suit, Tabu preferred to mug her dialogues for her next Bengali project, refusing point blank to either talk to the press or sign autographs for a bunch of kid who hopefully waited in front of her luxury coach. Rakesh Bedi, however, more than made up for the unavailability of the other stars as he squeezed out time to talk to this correspondent in between his scenes, explaining the gist of the film “Sarhad Paar.” The story revolves around a prisoner of war (played by Sanjay Dutt) and about his sufferings and those of his family. The story is written by Vijay Tandon, the Punjabi writer, actor and director who gifted Punjabi film industry with national award winning film like “Kachchehri”. The role Rakesh is playing in the film is not a comic role, but Rakesh Bedi said his role could not go without a doze of subtle comedy. “Comedy is my strong forte,” he said. But now and then he is not adverse to playing serious roles. “The most serious role I played in a stage play “Andhe Chuhe” an adaptation of famous English play “Mouse Trap” gave an immense satisfaction to my creativity,” he said. Rakesh though fully immersed in tele serials and film projects throughout his career never distanced himself from his Theatre Group IPTA- Indian Peoples Theatre Association — with which his involvement goes back to good 26 years. “Theatre helps me to improve myself as an actor,” he says. Analysing his slow and steady success both in the film and on small screen he says, “I was not thrown at the limelight like Anupam Kher or Amjad Khan but my progress came with a steadiness, beginning with ‘Ahsaas’ which boosted with success of films like ‘Chachme Baddoor’ and ‘Ek Duje Ke Liye’. Rakesh is at present working for another Raman Kumar project “Bah Bah Ramji” and another one “Bah Tera Kya Kehna” with Govinda and tele serials like “Meri Biwi No. 1” and “Hey Bhagwan.” Rakesh who nurtures the hope of directing a film one day says -” I would like to make a film someday which is light yet meaningful, fun yet touching”. |
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Rock stars to perform in city Chandigarh, September 1 The duo’s repertoire is a rich mélange of numbers, ranging from pre-eighties to neo music to rock ’n’ roll. Kaiya and Mark promise a treat of popular tunes and rhythms, complemented by high-quality karaoke music. The two are known for their ability to bond with their audience by actively interacting with them. Jamaica-born Kaiya’s musical CV is an enviable mix of melodious collaborations with Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Chubby Checker, Eddy Floyd, Percy Sledge, and Jocelyn Brown. This stunning performer with a fascination for jazz admits to being “open to all forms of music to give my audience a really grooving time.” Mark, the Spanish-born vocalist and guitarist with a passion for classic rock has performed everything from Enrique Iglesias, Ricky Martin, Santana, Prince, Gypsy Kings, Bryan Adams, Tom Jones, James Brown, Neil Diamond to the Eagles and the Doors. A charming performer and a diehard U2 fan, he always has up his musical sleeve that “something extra for my listeners.” At Chandigarh, the duo plans to strike notes for the whole musical lot, everything from rap to Latino, and from Bob Marley, The Police to Bryan Adam’s and Tina Turner, all peppered by the Mark and Kaiya special touch. |
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A tone of
equality; a message of peace Chandigarh, September 1 From the first to the last dialogue of the play, which was set in history, the audience remained absorbed because the playwright was talking highly relevant issues, which have irked the human mind, irrespective of ages and social systems. Drawing from a small episode in the life of Guru Nanak Dev, Dr Gurdial reflected the power of good over evil. The play rests on a singular sequence which proceeds in various dimensions. Guru Nanak Dev has refused to attend the feast of tyrant ruler Malik Bhago and has instead consented to eating a modest meal at the house of Bhai Lalo. Outraged by Guru Nanak Dev’s act, Malik Bhago sends his soldiers to force Guru Nanak to accept the invitation and oblige. The ruler’s men return empty-handed. They, however, pick up a fight with commoners and even beat them ruthlessly in their urge to underline their authority. In the last scene of the play, Guru Nanak Dev reaches the place where the royal feast is going on. He goes into the kitchen and shows Malik Bhago’s men how the food their lord was serving, kept bleeding. Shocked Malik Bhago’s men come out and tell the ruler what had happened. Malik, himself surprised over the incident, points towards a bleeding commoner and questions his men: “Why is the colour of this blood and the blood oozing out of my food the same?” In the answer of the commoner, lies the powerful message of the play. He explains: “We till our land with our sweat and while we cultivate food, our sweat, in the form of our blood, enters the field and nurtures our produce. When we part with our food willingly, it gets converted into milk, which is a manifestation of our labour. But when rulers like you snatch food from us, it turns into blood. That is why the colour of this blood is the same. The play was powerfully enacted by Mandeep Singh, Amandeep, Arun, Pankaj Uppal and Gurvinder Singh. It was followed by three patriotic songs featuring choreography as well. The first song of the evening was Ho rahi hai peer parbat si pighalni chhahiye; ab himalaya se koi Ganga nikalni chahiye. This was followed by Chiraag banke jalo, bahut andhera hai. The last song was picked up from scriptures : De Shiva var mohe.. Earlier, the evening opened with a kathak performance by Nisha Thakur. |
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I consider a human should without education like marble in a quarry which shows none of its inherent beauties until the skill of the polisher brings out the colour and makes the surface
shine. The school motto "Nischay kar apni jeet karon", victory with determination, inspires us to fight fires of adversity, challenges and other ordeals with strong will, immense self-belief. Inculcating eternal values and belief go a long way in ensuing a beautiful present and golden future.